diff --git a/scripts/e2e_services.sh b/scripts/e2e_services.sh
index 8b6ec13..c9bd280 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e_services.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e_services.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# TODO: is the same as run_local_isolated.sh apart from the process cleanup. See if they can be merged.
+# Test services and isolated dev services are the same for now, but they may diverge in the future.
+
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Change to project root
@@ -7,10 +10,19 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..
 
 export $(cat .env.test | grep -v '^#' | xargs)
 
-# Get connection details
-export NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=$(supabase status --output json | jq -r '.API_URL')
-export NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=$(supabase status --output json | jq -r '.ANON_KEY')
-export DATABASE_URL=$(supabase status --output json | jq -r '.DB_URL')
+# Ensure Supabase local stack is running; if not, reset/start it
+STATUS_JSON=$(supabase status --output json 2>/dev/null || echo '')
+API_URL=$(echo "$STATUS_JSON" | jq -r '.API_URL // empty')
+
+if [ -z "$API_URL" ]; then
+  echo "Supabase is not running. Bootstrapping local stack with: yarn test:db:reset"
+  yarn test:db:reset
+  STATUS_JSON=$(supabase status --output json)
+fi
+
+export NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=$(echo "$STATUS_JSON" | jq -r '.API_URL')
+export NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=$(echo "$STATUS_JSON" | jq -r '.ANON_KEY')
+export DATABASE_URL=$(echo "$STATUS_JSON" | jq -r '.DB_URL')
 
 # Build backend (required?)
 ./scripts/build_api.sh